A 55-year-old Modesto, Calif. runner, lost while jogging near Foresthill, has been found alive and well. Robert Root survived two days in a treacherous and snowy mountainous region by sleeping on a cliff -- and kept warm in freezing conditions by curling up in bushes, authorities said.

KCRA 3 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW. A SMILE AND A KISS RIGHT THERE FOR A RUNNER WHO WAS LOST IN THE SIERRA FOR TWO DAYS DURING RAIN AND SNOW. -- TODAY YOU CAN SEE HE IS IN GOOD SPIRITS. I'M GRATEFUL. FRIENDS ARE CALLING IT A MIRACLE. EVEN RESCUERS ARE AMAZED BY HIS WILL TO SURVIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOB ROUTE HAS BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO HOURS NOW. HE ATE SNOW TO REMAIN HYDRATED. AND HE HID UNDER A BUSH TO STAY WARM. ROB -- BOB RO ROOT RECEIVED A KISS AND A WARM HUG. I AM GRATEFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE HAD STRUCK OUT SUNDAY MORNING ON THE WESTERN TRAIL NEAR FOREST HILL AND BECAME DECIMATED -- BECAME SEPARATED FROM HIS GROUP. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. RUNNING HUG MEMBERS SAID THEY NEVER LOST FAITH THAT THEIR 55-YEAR-OLD FRIEND WOULD SURVIVE. IF ANYBODY COULD, THAT GUY DID. WE KNEW THAT HE WOULD -- AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING. THE SEARCH DID BECOME MORE DESPERATE LAST NIGHT WHEN HEAVY SNOW MOVED IN. HE HAD ONLY BEEN WEARING THE RUNNING SHORTS AND JACKET HE HAD WITH HIM. SOMETIMES, IT IS A DRIVE. SOME PEOPLE WHO GET INTO AN ADVERSE CONDITION MAY GIVE UP. HE IS ONE OF THOSE MIRACLE RUNNERS WHO RUNS THAT TRAIL. IT IS A MINDSET A LITTLE BIT. AN AMBULANCE TOOK HIM TO A HOSPITAL. HIS SPIRITS ARE HIGH AND HE SHOWS NO IMMEDIATE SIGNS OF ROSS PIKE OR HYPOTHERMIA. -- SIGNS OF FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED. FRIENDS SAY IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER DOCTORS WILL WANT TO KEEP HIM AT THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT JUST TO MAKE SURE. THEY SAY HE IS ASKING FOR A HAMBURGER AND EXPECTS TO BE OUT RUNNING AGAIN BY THIS WEEKEND. GIVE HIM A HAMBURGER. YEAH.